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This Graffiti Art Class (originally developed by Pose Two) was created to teach and explore the history styles and techniques of the art form called graffiti. This class will follow a similar format and be taught by members of the Vicious Styles Crew.

Instuctors: Leon Rainbow, Will Kasso, Joe Base, Demer, Mek, Snow, Ras, Delve, Klark and Surprise Guests!

Where:

Terracycle, 121 New York Ave, Trenton, NJ 08608

for more info contact leon.rainbow@gmail.com or 609-635-1411

or

Garden SK8, 321 Changebridge Road,Pine Brook NJ 07058

for more info contact graffiticomix@gmail.com or 973-704-9411

When: Saturdays, 9:30am – 11am

Cost: $150 3 sessions (pre-registered)/ $60 1 session(pre-registered) / $15 each class (day of)

(DOES NOT INCLUDE COST OF PAINT AND OTHER ART SUPPLIES)
Some Supplies may be donated, we will have blackbooks markers., etc for sale on site.
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Wanted to start things off big this year, so I rocked a blockbuster while it was halfway warm out today. This is easily the biggest piece I’ve ever done. I’d say about 50 feet wide and 8 feet tall. Check it out…

 

We originally painted this wall in 2006…It was when we were just starting to form Vicious Styles..

Braniac, dum dums…bust the scientifical!

First blog post of the new year! Been slacking somewhat on the write ups and such...getting things in order for 2012 can be taxing, but no worries. Luv1 and myself produced our first wall of the new year earlier this week. We decided to set our sights on an abandoned building on the north side of Trenton.

We had no set plans...we just wanted to shake the dust off and take advantage of the unusually mild weather we been having recently.

Luv kicked things off with his abstract works, but this time using a limited pallet and I produced a portrait of a child with my abstract "kasso circles" following after. I also chose, like Luv, to keep my colors limited. Luv had the idea for us to keep most of the raw center block and brick unprimed..to give the production a most rugged feel.

We blazed out the entire wall in 4 hours. Other than the massive mounds of dog feces we had to maneuver threw..and I mean MASSIVE AMOUNTS, we had a great time producing this wall.

Special thanks to Shawn of CALI BOUND PRODUCTIONS for documenting this project and producing this awesome video! Check it out:


Peace.

-KASSO

Someone gave me the Kaws book during the holidays and I just recently had a chance to look it over. I’ve always been a fan of his work since the mid-nineties. That was a long time ago, so it’s crazy to see how Kaws went from being a local NJ writer to this world famous artist. I still really like what he does today, but it’s for totally different reasons than what I originally liked about his work.

When it comes to graffiti, first and foremost, the most important thing in my opinion is style. I’m constantly sketching and trying to evolve my letters. It’s actually why I don’t even keep a traditional blackbook any more. I’m more concerned with just what the letterforms look like, that I don’t bother to color it in. I just move on to the next sketch. I like to see how my letters change over the years, and I even love seeing how artists who I admire change their work over time. The evolution becomes this long, involved study of style which I really enjoy.

That being said, as I looked through the Kaws book, I found myself wondering what his letter styles would have looked like today if he was still a graffiti artist. I remember painting on some of the same train line walls when I was coming up and just being in awe of how clean his pieces were. The style was usually pretty simple, but had a ton of flow to it. On top of that, they were some of the cleanest pieces I had ever seen. He and Nace were both very clean…every corner was cut, every blend was smooth. I was always impressed studying their pieces up close.

Even in today’s scene, while clean corners don’t always mean as much as they used to, I find myself looking at my walls and trying to find what else can be cleaned up. It’s not that I even think things HAVE to be that way anymore. Some of today’s dopest writers don’t cut one corner and it’s still as amazing. Like I said, it’s more about letterform than technique for me.

In any case, if you like his work and want to see more, or even if you just want to support someone who started off as another guy on the local Jersey scene, get the book. Good stuff…

P.S.
While we’re on the topic of style evolution, I thought I would include this pic from none other than Jersey legend, Nace. This had to be from the early nineties. If you know anything about his work, you know this is WAY different than most of what he is known for. This piece had a ton of corners and they were all clean. Check it…RIP.

I was going through an old box of flicks and came across this. This used to be called the “Elizabeth Wall of Fame”. Chek, Crash and I had just started the NJ crew and this was the first wall we did together. My first wall ever! I’m all the way to the right. In order from left to right:

Link (cut off), Joseph by Faze, P-DOG by AM Chino, Chek (piece & character), Crash, NJ by Elan

A few new sketches…